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VOLUME XL-NUMBER 28. CANTON, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JANUARY IS, 1S73. " WHOLE NUMBER 544. r 4 V f ; 'p Tb" Canton - Press, J. W. BARRETT & SON, DEMOCRATIO JOURNAL, DETOTBtOftaBUITBUSTWr . Some, Country and Humanity. tnacaimoHi Paa Taos, tl.eo, anvawca i ontaawisa, tl.OO. kAxxaovASTxazianro! fir Less, sr fact. Per Chm OM Weak........aO.l , I.M SO.QS nmwi,.u. o n lot - woe rr-se Month..... 0.7 (.00 80.00 .la llnlu. lit i.w 79.00 OhTw SOS - U.N 1M.0O CI" laaanaedlata space or time Ib proponlon or lAfleeiriiisjislaalUiaaboTe rates to take the imlllimm paper. CsaaatafeaaTaamra-mMewtas. aey tigalar aMttnn allowed quarterly skangoe LI 1 Owlee; r wUdii vondtii M oqomn wjir k oAastjaaVat tall adrertteiag MM'. frofu nonol Cortn. , R. S.THURMAN, Attorney at Law, V OAXTOH, MO. ATTORNEY AT I.AW "Ciurrow "- " "' mo, ' snthngraol eod oea sank, quick oolrto- s)om. Idnuoma good papr. U bum rami win promptness sort adU.y. OSes it Bank Buildiog, I Corner of 4th to Lews Sts SMITH, HAs remoTed hlsoffloe, to No. 19 Fourth street, opposite Uawklns 4 Durkee's store, with r. Miugroee, and la prepared to du all Work In the no ol hS profession In a workmaiil ke manner. Teeth InslrUKl on Gold IMnto, I'lutina, roiitlnu-au, Oum and SUver Plato. Tcoth utrartnl with-out sain. .- 8ilhtnti&-tr 6ottU. - Canton House, oraer et Fourth & LowlsStteeta - OAIfTN, no. . IT. B. NOSTHCRkFT, R-oprictor. aaUaoaoaunodatlona othe public - (Ja- ajnule subllng for horsos, aad yard for wag- aaw ana .m. MasilaitU DOWNS HOUSE Corner of 5th smrXewls streets, CANTOS, - - MlSSOimi W31. J) 0 ITlfS, Proprietor. I tJaa7-M . CT. JJSaWXS SOTZXi, ; KE-CrTOWAUrjTST8. JAOtAaJTs-Olr-IirOX,) Mn rLa tsar. i I . : I..- , . , (ttoT7t.fl WU. QUEER. UNDKllTAKERa CASTOH, MO.. Wlij TnunsFoMrr woax at short oo-'fni .,7Vi leawilBaliUraaTS A full aaaort-- -t of" k'71Ur oo "d aS-P" XJTALIC CAm k CASKETS Ut(l nil THE LOWEST! aaHsjat street betwaaa Stk aad 71k. aiui. . SS- v iUJAM ELLIS, 'Caw MASH, DOORS t( BUMS, fTJNW UO -BOOB faUMIS NEW sief libaral stuck on band for Ib da!y?S? as customers on satisfactory larms. Grocery 8torc. KLETT A BROTHER, "tTAT OPBNXD A FBESB STOCK OF UHOICX Xcully Groceries, ; ! Provisions, sfce., f lewis Sreet, tocond Door Abovo 3d, gj Blgkaet market pries for Country Prodoos. llaorsstf '-sJ-l- :. H. JOHNSON. oeoatrjso RaUiTm ,y -aWtaaaataadkesf aralalaad fancy -S Vj0ssa's.:7 eaal V- "J-'MVlrW W. SMITH, - I I v ajnwkud kk, D T U C S S VX MEDICINES, OILS, DYES, klLLta'S IVILDma, FOURTH 8TBEET, ABOVE LEWIS CYTOA', MO. A large Slack ol PURE DRUGS, PATENT JUT.Dh.NES, faM amd toilette goods. ' TOTS, HOTIOHS, Paints, Oils, Dysa Glass, Ac , : Coistanfly ok hand, and soldi . Low i'or Cash. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COM POUNDED. C. TlIWCBDEIf. lMpionr H A. OJtaFi: J. W.3. HtNTOB. GRAVES &HENTON NO. 15 FOURTH STREET, Canton Missouri, WUOLBSALI UTAILDIAl.au IN ST sa. -4 Jt'A-mJir-M- D r ce s , Patent Medicines, Djes, P.HJYTS, OILS, BOOKS, STATIONERY, Fancy oooda, CUTLEHX, Ait. j. a. cooasaY. w. it. dawson COOKSEY & DAWSON, PltOl'KlETOUS OF ' CITY LIVERY STABLE, North Sido of Lewis Strcot, Below 3d, ' llAVrMGnnhsnaalarira nlopk of (tnod llnraoj.. 1 1 Uuaglt'S, ao. , are iri-pureu lo uirm.ii mi n- unn , prompt cuiiveysnce toollparuoi the cuuury, a I reasonable rates. . Ample stabling ann yarn lor stock. t 5mar70tl TT rr Tf-" -s, i (Saoeessor to Death A Daniels.) GROCER AND PRODUCE DEALER okb door west of City Hall, Clark Strc -t, Canton, jl0 The highest CASH ft ATS. will be paid for UOUNTRY PRODUCE CANTON lflnrble Works, . Clark Street betweenFoorUi Filth, " MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, MAftTLKa, And all kinds of stone work for BaUdlncs aad Cam- etarlea, farnUked at abort notice. 1 aO my wn wora anu can ecu m iuw i Deelgne always oa aand for inspection . iimu70U- J. W. DILLON. Ramsey A Craft, (Succeaaora to Seboleld A Legg,) No.SS Clark Street, Caottin, Mo.. PBaLanaiw GROCERIES & PROVISIONS (FTBR w'lMtiont from ftenoioo ind fall itnok 9 ot lowest. livlDsT rmtct. onrl lytptetlallr iolicit o eontinoonM of oubHo potroaogo. UirUgWlel 8. H. PILCHER, Tailor and Draper, No. 87, Fourth Street, IIANTOIV - MISSOURI. BmarTOtr II. S. TURNER -Architect & Builder, MAM VF ACT UH E OF Sash, Door, BliadN, Scroll Work, AND WOODWORK Or ALL KINDS. afTILL farolih Plans and Bpceffloations, and T V tMintract for tfaa erection of BmlUliKra of all kind and of thu latent and mt ImproVfil ettylflei ol arohlttMtnr. Having a good sbuji, new will lurnlao prompt work at bort ooUca andrr. ooablBnvtco. AImo dealor ia METALLIC CASt,S&r.ASKETS wooDEScormts, corrvTBrnMraos sc. Ofthalateat improeemanta and kaapsafnllasawra-BnanteonstanUyon kand. Boeing direct Irom Ike antJauiaemror, i wiu iwem. hi n . Ckloag-. Ck. Shop on WkiU street aboea Siitb, Cantoa, MoTT-. - - Slsap7S-U jobv a. aiaaa. EAGON & BIGGS, PROVISIONS Xa. NVrth roartk Scraot, . CANTON, 3 i f.Sli 'HIt?SpXIBI. r.SVTr - -. T7n, J.PCIlsUlD.ACO., "T"1 . v.' Brae- ..... Ccizzi--i:aXItrcI:aa.t3 ;'';, ;. 7r Tenc ss. r-SHWT ,n seal, a aiaflkjMrafiawa i- , . liaaaaiayl WEAllY ! Wearyt weary! Oh, how weary T Keeking rest, but all in Tain. ' Weary I weary t Oh, hew weary, Arhtng heart anil limk proclaim. Weary of the faint endear or i Weary of the faltering will, Praying lot the llrenftk to conquer Every com tog daily 111. Weary of the wayward footsteps, Straying from the path of right t Weary of the blinded eyealgbt, Reaching not the Throne of Light. Weary of tho toll aad hardship. Portion of onr daily life . , Weary ot the oatward warring Mingling with tka inward strife. - Ok I ar fat, aad pear, and oomfort, Perfect troat la His pare lore t Oh ! for hope, and strength, aad ooarage, Mortal Ills to run abora t Period lore and perfect trait rome Only Co the meek of heart i Self-forgetting, bopeffd, trusting, 11a can heal sack Inward smart. Then, ok. weary not is striving, Faint of ksartaad weak of limb, For Uls love-light Is around ns, "and onr eyesight only dim TWO 8IDXa Tot re fa, a shady alilt of Ufa And a sunny side as wall, And 'tis for evsry one in say On wkiok ka'd ekoosa to dwell For arory one vnto klmaelf Commlta agrerloua aia, ' Who bare the blessed auaehlna oat, And enuts Iks snadows lo. - The aeawdo may wear their saddest rotos" Tka ana rvfasa to smile, And sorrow, with her troops of Ills, May Urea tea aa tka while i Bat still the ctwerml heart has power A stuboam loproelda t And only those who a souls ars dark ' Dwell ea Ufa's shady aide. ITIWYEAE'S BAY HT 1790. Waaliinton'B First Leveo. j A writer in the Now York Evening I Post who bss been delving among the ' forirotten thintrn nf tint itant I O 3 - I'"") " past, brought to light the incidents of Washington's first Presidential Now Year's reception, when he resiiled in New York. We multe ti.e following quotations : 'In thoso days, also, late hours were not necessary, mid niany of. .our fair inelropolitsn readers, who are in tho habit of dressing at 10 to enter a drawing-room nt 11, will doubtless be tried in vain to account. The night surprised to learn that Mrs. Washing- was clear and windless, and away in ton's loveos closed always at nine the northwestern sky the aurora bo-o'clock. realis was flitting to and fro in a thou Thio was a rule which that diatin- guishod lady established on the occa evening "of January ' 1st, 1790. The I President's residence was in the old r ranxnn nouse in tins city, at me neaa oi merry street, ine aay was uncommonly mild and pleusant. The moon was lull, and the air was so bland and serene that the ladies attended in their light summer dresses. Having been introduced by the nides and gentlemen in waiting, tea, coffee, plain and plum cakes were handed round. Familiar and friendly conversation onsuei., and kind inquiries on the part of Mrs. Washington after the families of the exiles, with whom she 4bBev- oluliooary War, and who always re ceivod marked attention from General Washington. Mrs. Washington stood by the aide of the General in receiving the respects of the visitors. Amid the social chit-chat of the evening the eloek struck nino. Mrs. Washington thereupon rose with dignity, and looking around the circle with a compla cent smile, observed, "Tho General always retires at nino, and I usually precede him." At this hint the ladies instantly rose, adjusted their dresses, made their salutations, and retired. General Washington had on that day been raited npon by the principal gentlemen of the oity, according lo the ancient New York custom of sooial and convivial New Tear's visiting. After having been severally introduced, and having paid the usual compliments of tho season, the citi-iens interchanged greetings and withdrew, highly gratified by the friendly notice of the President, to most of whom he was personally a stranger. In the. course of the evening, while speaking of the occurrence of the day, Mrs. Washington remarked: "Of all the incidents ol the day, none so pleased the General" by which title she always designated him "as the friendly greetings of the gentlemen who visited bim at noon. To the inquiry of the President whether it was casual or customary, he was answered that it was an annual custom derived from our Dutch forefathers, which bad ulwuyg been commemorated from tho earliest beginning of ! New Amsterdam. After a short pause he obsurved : "Tho highly favored situation of Xcw York will.' in tho nro- eess of years, attract numerous immi grants, who will gradually change its ancient customs and manners: but whatever changes take place, never forget the cordial, cheerful ohsnrvsnca of New Tear's Day.". - - Pathxtio. When the Warreuton Banner changed hands, last week, the editor, publisher and devil each issued a plaintive valedictory. ; We think the devil got rather the beat of it in the following brilliant account of his experience, which will be recognized by many other devils as similar to their own expeneooee : v v i The Dene AdttttDear friends, it ii wilb vanegated emotions that I make my first appearance in . print For the last month 1 have been 4"f competition "patleneeg irj" ' aa Job. 1 have packed - n ca, 1 eoal, -made Area, swept e ehewvele -d-band cucls of tobexv had my Ir'VarJ, and been kick., aad cam , J . i ell for the entertaio- t of to i.lic fr ten cent a fwaakk. - Otit to a new departure I tamta the oCe t i week, and bid joe djiu with ttr 4alel .To wnderstand tru .n. one witstHve it j THS THSQBAPITOT'3 5T0ET. " I " And von moat really go away, an J remain all night in that nasty old box of yours, anil leave your little ftose- . bud, a you call her, all alone here, to Imngino all sorts or horrid things I happening to her poor old hoy. Couldn't you stay at home Tor just i tins on nignt : - j j "Couldn't possibly doit, my love," said I, straggling into my great roat. jat.d possess ng myself at the same time ot my big driving-gloves, wbicb my little wife was absently trying to fit on her own little bands. "Not if I Tery much wished It, Willie J Do yon know I felt so strange and lonely last night when you were away that I could hardly make up my mind to go to bed at all; and to-night I ean scarcely bear the thought t ti: t you should be so long absent. , You know what a timid little foolish thing I am." ilVI ml IU IJUIUliy ilUlU (lUIIVA UIV .v. iu: r ;.k . wistful, anxious look, while a tP stood glistening in the corners of her v. sweet blue . yes. " Why, yon wee goose," said T, kissing away the bright token of her earnestness, " what has put such absurd, foolish thoughts into that wise noddle of yours f Are you afraid that the fairies will waylay me, and spirit me away to that eliln-land J But here comes the gig; so good-by, and don't fret tor the time 1 am away. 1 shal be back before you are done dream ing." So saying, I mounted the gig. and drove rapidly along the frozen road. At the time of which I write I telegraph superintendent on the Wilton and Lnnghank lineof the railway . One of the clerks who was on niglit j duty had been taken suddonly ill, and. j boing unable to find a suitable suhsti-' , tute, I bad taken his place myself until such time as be should recover. I had only been marred a few month', ' nd was by no means reconciled to he necessity of leaving my wife an I ... .) .. . . . '. old box," as Mag culled it and she was perfect in bor description. Bui I know that it was a necessity, and I know, likewise, that no grumbling of mine won hi mend the mutter. A drive of it hont eight miles brought me lo my post. 1 hero was nothing very extraordinary in the duty to win. If I ha, I h.tn .a ,irl mttf nr. l,oan all..,l . .,.... . ...... was it any new experience to me ' vague, indefinable fears, for which I .and atrsnce. fantastio shaDes! On cferTTwCom f had come to relieve wss ready to depart. " You won't have much work tonight, sir," said he. 'iTlie instruments aro quite unworkable; no signals hsve been received for the Inst three hours. Good night." When I was left alone, I found it was as he had said. Tho electric currents, which are developed in the atmosphere dnring the meteorological changes, had rendered the wires quite useless; and although the needles swayed backwards and forwards, they made no sign which the wisdom of man could interpret, seeing that my -ofBi chair to the stove, and, taking down a book which I saw on the shell, J tried to interest myself in "Jane Eyre." When I was turning listlessly over the leaves, the stillness was startled by the sharp, quick clanging of the eleotrio bell, the usual signal to prepare to write off a message. With a shiver of alarm I turned quickly to the instrument, but soon perceived that the bell had been rung by no earthly power, for the vibrating needles made no intelligible sign, and I knew that the sound had been produced by a current of atmospheric eloctrloity acting upon the wires. Smiling at the nervousness which caused me to start at so ordinary an occurrence, I turned from my desk, and again sat down by the fire. But smile as I would, and reason as I might, I felt that I was fast succumbing to vague fonndationless fears. Thinking that the atmosphere of the room, which I felt close and hot, might have aomething to do with my peculiar condition of mind, I flung open -the door, and stepped outside, in the hope that the cool air might scare away the phantoms of my brain As I closed the threshold, the midnight express crashed past with n speed and force thatehook every timber of the building, and uttering a load shriek, disappeared in the tnnncl at the end of the steep gradient, on tho summit of which my station was placed. When it had gone there was stillness broken if I can call it broken only by tho peculiar sighing of the air passing along tho wires, which is heard evon in tho calmest of eights. .Eolian harp-like sounds, now to faint as to be almost inaudible, and anon swelling into a wild, low wailing. I looked up and saw Orion and the Pleiades, and thought how often on nights, not long ago, when I bad gazed up through tho tall, sombre Sines and watched their trembling res. . From that my mind reverted to the earnestness with wnich my wife had asked me to romain at home that night, and the unusual pensiveness of her manner when she bade me goodbye - What conld be the meaning of all this T As a general rule, I bad a most profound disbelief in omens, presentiments, and all sorts of superstition; but In spite of it I felt that I would have given A good deal, athat time, to be transported just for on minute to my bom, to see if all was well. I might have culled' hp my a I'stant, who lodged in a farm boos 1 flu distant, ana gone boms; bat, oald give no gooa reason tor go-away, I resolved to remain where 'and get throrr-Vthe- fright as ' I could. ' r therefore Homed in-tgsio, filled my pipe and, lit it, ie weed had Ioit lis tranquilising --v. Aa the wreaths curled ilowlr H.I n niT. wt. looting at tiaUy at whet) I hkj Jft .her. Again the bell rang sharply; button before, no intelligible sitrn was made by tho needles. T leaned my elbows on tho desk, anil with my bead bo- saving oven my own life now was to tween my hands, watched thoir uti-igo forward. Despair gavo -mo ending motions. An hour might huvo strength ; and lifting my font, I struck passed thus, when once more I was! it violently against one of the lower startled by the clitng of tho bell. This panels of the door. It yielded a lit-time it was louder and more urgonl, . tlo. Another blow, and it was drivon and, it seemed to me, though perhaps ' in. I crept through the opening, but I mnv err hero. Willi a peculiar, tin- ao thick was tho smoko in the parlor earthly sound, such as I hud never that I could distinguish nothing, heard 'before. I am utterly unable to : Maggie, Maggie!" I shrieked; tell in what manner tho impression j " where are you?" But no answer was produced, but it secmod an if thore luingkd with tiio meullio ring llio tone of a human voice and it was tho oico of one I knew. . Tho needles, I now observed, began to make signs which I nndertood ; and slowly, ns if some novico was working tho inslrn- ment, the letters " u-o-m-e ' were sig. nnled. Nrrsoonerad fTeatrofflho- final "e" than, to my amazement and terror, I distinctly saw the handle of mv instrument, Hlthotigh-I WHS notT I ' , . e. . .( loiicning it at me tunc, move rannuy. , il' Kraspof by some invisible hand a,4 P"0 tl,e. "'f1 nl!r""",. I in mh th rnAivrni u mnMiiirn 1i'aii. mils at the end of every word. A cold thrill ran through me, and I felt as if every drop of blood was leaving my head. Could 1 have been the subject of an optical delusion '! I know that such was not the case, for I plainly heard tho quick click of ihe bundle 'as it turned ; and now could perceive that another word was being -f slowly spclr-onr: Bnnttrhpwnderci'l" and territteil was I, that 1 taiieit lo catch the signs; again my handle: moved, mill this time made the signal "Not understood." With an overwhelming feeling of awe. I watched the dials intenlly while the letters were again signaled, and this time I rend " ll-o-m-e." Then there was a cessation of all motion for a second or two, and onco moro tho needles resumed their incoherent vibrations. 1 stood petrified with fear nnd amazement, half oeliuving t lint I was in n dream, for reason refused to accept the evidence of sense. Could that be a message for me? Il so, whence eamo it? What baud hail sent it? Could it be that some power -highfr- than that ot- natnro thus warned me of impending danger? Should I obey tho mysterious summons? in. fi.. r ...... .i..im. : .1. ! IIIIU a HRI IIIIIS UL-lllll'lilUUi; III i " e r r , , . .v, ..u,... . ...... ,, ' nlOTO IOIIU, impCl'IOUS aild till i urn! al'rni. u ttkvu n ,if nrl, lin tun v, limn t . the magnets repented the words, "Come home come home I" tho handles moving ns belore. I could remain at my post no longer, (.'onto what might, I foil that 1 had no alternative but to obey. I ran to the houu wl.OVM (I. A !-- '" t -'"' IOhbI.. tho inmates and gaining admission, T told him that he must lake my place immediaioly, ns I had been suddenly called away. The man seemed somewhat surprised at my excited and startled manner, but what he said or did I cannot recollect. On entering tho stable where my horse was stalled 1 perceived n saddle hanging on the wall; ami knowing that 1 could get over the ground more swiftly riding 1 than driving, I put it on Ins back, and in a few moments was dashing along the road in tho direction of home. I , shall never forget that rido. Although I I urgod my horse with whip and voice ; iintiLhoJe.tyjiexJhan galloped, the i pace was far too slow for my excited ! mind. Woods and bridges, with their I went to bed, and when I did sleep, moonlit streams whimpling beneath I dreamed such a horrible dream ! them, farm-houses, with the deep I thought that I was in your oflice toned watch-dogs, were awakened by again ; and I had flod there because I the loud beat of hoofs, shut past me : was chased by some terrible thing. 1 like things in a dream; and at luM, 'did not knw'what it was, but it was breathless nnd panting, we clattered : close behind me, and i thought no-up the long causewayed street of the ; body could save me but you. Hiitybu village near which I lived. All wss i tvore not there ; so I so'i.ed the ban-dark and silent in the bouses, and the j'dlo, and signaled the words, ' Come windows seemed to stare blank and j homo come home!' asyou had taught vacantl' in tho whito moonlight, me, thinking that would be sure to Suddenly a horse and driver appeared bring yon. Then when you did not at the other end of tho street, nnd in i come, I fell its hot bioath on my nock, a hoarse voice uttorcd a loud cry : as if it was just going to clutch mo in "Fire!" At tho samo instant tho j its dreadful urms, and I scroamod so church bell wus rung violently, nnd at : loud that I awoko. The room wasall once, as if by a common impulse, the j dark, nnd. filled with smoko so thick whole village started into life. Lights ' that when 1 jumped up I fainted for appeared in tho houses, and a htiiidiod j want of air.' Anil O, Willie, if you window wcro dashed quickly up. I had not eomo just when yon did, I saw while figures standing at them, ! might" and heard voices e', " Where?."! "There, Maggie, don't let us think Checking my horse with a jerk, which ; of what might have boen, but rather threw him on his haunches, I listened : let us bo thankful that we are spared for tho reply. 1 to each other'atilK" " ,!! CraigsidoJIousc !" . Great Heaven ! My worst fears ; PAPA PEAYED SO. vera realised. It was mv own home. ! I choked down lho agony which al most forced a cry, nnd pressing on ward with redoubled speed, soon arrived nt tho scene of tho fire. The house was a large, old one, and when I reached it smoke wus issuing in thick murky volumes from tho windows of tho second flat, while fierce tongues of flamo wero loaping along the roof. A crowd of men were hurrying confusedly about with buckets and pails of water. In the center of a group of women I found our maid, Mary, stretched out on the gruss in a swoon. "My wifo!" I exclaimed, as I rushed forward, "whero ia she?" "God knows, sir," said one of the men j " we have twice tried to roach the second flat, but were each time driven back by the smoke and firo." Without uttering a word I entored the house and ran along tho lobby. The stair, fortunately, was built of stone, but the wood-work on each side was one man of biasing, crackling flame. Before I had taken three steps 1 fell back, blinded, fainting, andhalf-suffocated with the smoke. Two men who hod followed caught me io their arms and tried to restrain mo by force from endeavoring to ascend again. "Don't attempt it," they aaid ; " you will only lose your own -life, and can't save ber's. ' . "'Let go, yoq cowards I" I cried, as toon as I conld speak ; and, with the strength of madness, dashed them aside. I rusbed up the stairs, and this time. succeeded in reaching the first landing in safety. The room which we need as onr bed-chamber led off a smell parlor which was situated on thht flat; Groping ray way through the smoke, I found the idoer, but, to mynorror.TTwaeOceTft-I dashed myself against It again and again, but j it resisted nil my effort. Tu return a I had cunio wait now impossible, and I know tlmt tho only hope of ! yn retm pel. Crowing tho parlor, I gainod our bod-room door. To my iov it was onon. and strotcnen on me noor L lounu the npmmiy ineiewi lorrrt ot mv wile. 1 Dent over ner. and on placing my hand on her heart I fonnd that it was still beating. I ""' "v who. uv.ii, lifted her very tenderly and gen tly and earned her in my arms ,0 window which 1 broke opoii. Of wlmtlollmved lam only dimly con - 'VHtillki aetotHi f hsvo-a tu.ulusc.u remeni. niancooi men oringing n lanucr, uno strong anus helping us doivn. and the people cheering; but it wss all very vague and indisnnct. My ne-c troenl- lection is that ol linding myself in my intners nunae, no iniiini uuu nen but with my own wife bending over me, and tending me with loving hands. We had been burned txit of house .and homo. Furl titiutt'l v", everything wus insured ; but even lisd it not been so, I had been content as long ss she had been spared (o me. Withe- evening of the next day. when the .short winter twilight wna fast closing ro oid, nnd tho first snow flakes were falling, Maggie reivi little stool close to the conch on which I lav, thinkingoverlhostrnngeoventji which I have now relnted. I had said nothing to anybody about the warning which I hud no mysteriously received ; and when questioned as to what made me return so opportunely, hail always made some evasive answer, for I feared thai tho reality would never have obtained belief. " Willie," said the soft voice of my wife, if von hsd not come home" Hush, my darling. Hon't talk like thai, for I can't bear even to j -tbiiti -tif- ttr" " But it might havo been. And do you know, Willie, I ha I such a strange dream on that awtui night " A dream, Mag Tell mc what : You renieinlier,'' she said, drawing closer to me, " the evening voti took Mary and me into tho telegraph office tnd'told us all about the butteVies, ami magneis and e ec ricity, and a , great i ,,,.olll lho ol'the enters , rn r. .uild he UcVory tE m. lv. many things which we could,,! ,.-;,. . f7,owi1( Mis, VMM; f . he 10 f ZwZ-.lers.and at all, though we pretended ; wm. Hn,, lhe p1Moiial sincerity ol own milk, which is a great eivini o lo do so lest yon should think ns riu- i ,,,. ,,. .... ll;';1i,l w" "IV.?:"," ?"V " V oMr " I'orleetly." "And you remember, too, how, when I s'aid 1 should like to send a message with my own hands, you made me take hold of the handle, and lhe, 1 you guided it, whilo I sent u message to your brother liobert, who was in the" office at Lowestoft then ? And at tho end of it was 'como home coinc home! which 1 repealed over ami over again, until I could do it 1 nuito well without your heh I turned quickly round, but she wits gazing intently at tho fire, and did not percoivo the startled look I gavo hcr. " Well," the continued, " tho night before lust, when you wero a way. I could not sleep for a lonir time after I In 183 there lived in one of the bill towns of Westorn Massachusetts, then noted for the intelligence and piety of its inhabitants, a lovely Christian family. Tho mother being an invalid, a gentle girl of seventeen bo-came the guide and constant companion of a bright little sister of four summers. With almost a mother's fondness she took the darling to her own room, and night nftor night, as she Prepared hcr for bod, and knelt beside er whilo the liltlo one lisped her simple prayer, the eldor sister heard the words, "O Lord, don't stick us through with a knife!" At first she took no apparent notice of them, lost the little thing should bocome shy of speaking out her own words. Finding, how-over, that the little prattler always used the samo expression, the elder sister said : " Why does my pat pray so I" "Cause my papa does," was the prompt reply. " Why, no, darling; pnpu dooan't pray in that way." . , " Yes, he does, sister, I say he does." A morning or two after, at they were both kneeling by the tame chair, while tho father conduoted family worship, be aaid : " O Lord I cnt ua not off in Thine anger." Instantly thecurl-Ino- head was raited, and an arch glance ant up to the eldei sister's face, as in earnest tones tue nine one wnis-pered, "I .old -you papa prayed to." IT. Y.EvanqeiM. ... 'f i mm t . - A careless proof-reader made a Boston "paper say that Fall River had 1,206,928 spinsters, instead of spindles. 'All things are but filtered, tiothrrtg dies, .- . ' '. . ' LAXY PSHJTIES AND PmiSS EES. . In Prince street, in tho west end of, .As there aro doubtless many of our London, tuny he found a small bt j ,-nra reefer, interested in tbie' brand, noat bookstore, over the entrance to; ,. ... . , . which is a sign bearing the inscription, ! of 'rm "lmiry, we take from an ex-Tho Victoria Press," and beneath it, j change the following estimate of the "Emily I'uithfull, Printer and Pub. cost of a small oheeso factory, such as lisheri'n Ordinary to thoi;tieen." Tnis , farmer could erect nlono, or such a modest establishnicnt is merely the m, h, b c,ub,iiheiI b . iev4ral ,0. business oflice of a much larger one in , . . . . ' another part of tho oity, the history Reiner, forming a joint atock oompa-of whose origin is just now of special , ny the patrons furnishing the milk interest, to us, from the fact that the taking most of the stock : moving spirit to its creation is now in , - -Kor 100 cows, a building 00x20 feet. this .country, appearing occasionally ; on tho ,eClu.B pUtf0rm, but dovotirK h- ti.rtft mm nK In th nvml .ril nn , er tjm0 t Lf (j,0 r.e j getically i attion to which sh hi ner- , fA I It ffatfrtfllll At SlAriABa aleliea r Mili jthfuli is a lad y of 'high so. cjmI position in England, who 'might f(ui (1 hcr ,illvs j,, lba ,.. 1 dj .,.v occllnations ol women other class ; but her acquaintance with seina ,.. uli ....ii:,,,,, M); f , f.011lltl.,. ., kM Mi ,in,tuUI.v ..rsclical niim, , , ..merings of (rr sex , am (ho nlml.in , (.usse. in ,iei. competition with male lahor. 1'rovi-denee seems to have pointed her to her sphere, and guided her to the intercourse with kindred spirits; for she was a frequent visitor at the sessions of the Social Science Association, and, from the inspirations there obtained, , .Z ,. " j plovn.tv.t of women. Her oxiuiiinu. lion ot the census informed her that j , no less than forty-throo per cent, of, , the women of England, over twenty lyoars of nge, are either unmarried or ; widowed j nnd that half of the female ! population uro paid laborers of some kind. In tho meanwhile, her pen had 1 I boon busy in contributions to the hnghshvomini Juiirnal, anil sho had formed a personal acquaintance with Us editress, Miss i'ai kes. This led Emily Faithful! to the printing-office oces-ionauy ; and on happy visit,; I,.. ,1., I.I .,-,,..1- I,.,. ,1... ....... , , w.n k.. -f-i -,' - - Z I.tC' n 1 T ; I ' , - 'i" ' - ...... roinmunicntetl this idea to .Miss , manr cows must a factory number o l'arkes, who sympathized with bor; p.yv For an individual to build a and together they ohtainnd a small i roetory to work up' milk for others, at pre., supply of type, and other ncc-; $ per hundrod, which is the common essanes for an oflice, and. assisted by price of making and furnishing tl.o some gentlemen, started the Victoria oheeso all hoxod and ready for mar-., with female compositors, tstight Uet, ho would want 300 cows or more by a reliable workman. This was in I to mako it a paying business. As Hi'.O. After much trial nnd troublo, with an individual so with a stock ner sanction anil patronage; and thus ponse nnd quality of cheese. If the sho bectiuio publisher in ordinary to prico named above will not pay as the quean.- - j eood interest as is just to the stock- Some three yenrs afterward. Miss i holder, tho price of making should be I nithfull established the l'rWrimt.1-1 advanced. As the patrona are the icoic, with a view to afford women an owners of the factory, they can al-opportnnity for employment with the j ways fix a price that will do justice to pen, and an organ devoted to the true ! alf parties, interetts of working-women. It has ' had a very successful career, cniovs a ! . " I solid reputation, and has been lhe means of introducing to tho English public some or the most worthy ol the lady writers of England. Emily j i annum 111 jmiu uui nino intention 1 iu uie puiuicai piiuao 01 ine woman question; but has devoted all bar en- .juuBiii'ii , uui, una uoYoieu all u.r ell- ,ei'gies-to-the-Hnprovement of tlieir - social condition, by pointing out lie fields of labor whereby they may become independent of the world;" and nil her movements aro so lady-liko and sensible, that she has gained tho sympathy and co-operation of many of the first philanthropists of her na tive country, who feel that scores ol such nohlo women might find a lertil held for their labor of love. A warm sympathy has sprung np between Miss Kaithfnll and the Queen, who takes a fervent intorcst in any solid, practical movement for the amelioration of tho condition of hor sex. Miss Faithful! has gracefully recognised this atten tion of the Queen by the names of the Victoria Press and Magazine; and, on her arrival- in-New York, made her first appearance before an audience in tho iow World with tho British Queen as tho subject of her discourse, which was a boautiful tributo to the womanly worth of her royal benefactress. Miss Faithfull is said to be a vory plensant personage on the nlat- formy-whiob the- sometimes occupies in order to obtnin a public hearing mat may oe oi interest to nor cause. Her visit to this country ia so ontirele in tho aim of enlarging her experience of tho labor sphere of women, that ano win not. appoar mucn in puDlic; and, with a view of saving her time and strength, and using her pen in her cause, frequently declines the many social attentions proffered to hor by tho bost literary spirits of tho land ; as we learned, to our great regret, on being disappointed of meeting hor at a reunion of litorary workers and no- inuiuiiea 01 mis country, assemoiea us the spacious mansion of ," Timothy Titcomb," to present their greetings to MacDonald, Froude and herself uiaier iicpmtory,for January. Ciiokid Cattle. To relieve a choked ox or cow, give at once one-half pint melted bog's lard, and exercise the animal. It sickens the stomach, and the obstructions will pass immediately up or down, as the animal will cough nnd swallow at once, and thus get relief. Put the warm lard in a junk bottle and raise the animal's head it will run down easy. This is the surest and safest remedy known, and never fails if administered soon after the accident occurs. Since newspaper postage hat been reduced to one cent for every twe ounces or fractional part thereof, it it aaid that a great many papers which are placed m the office, never reach their . destination. Persona wrap up two or three paper, frequently wehrh ing four or eix ounces, attach a on cent stamp, and deposit tb package in the poet-ofBoe, and that it jaai as far at it ever get.- Vocle 8atn.agnw. to carry "twQ'ueoeew oi not four for one pent. - !COSTOPASHaLL cmisi MAOT. FACTORY. with 10 feet posts, making it two stories, would be required. Take 21 feet from the lower story for a "make room," leaving the remainder and the uppor story for "curing rooms." The upper story should be partitioned the same as the lower. The 26 foot room over the "make room" should be plastered and furnished with stoves suita- -t,e (oT cllr;., Mrv anj iut0 r,se The cost depends npon the price of lumber and labor, which differs in localities. A rough, substantial building, which will answer in overy respect in most localities would cost tl,-0i 10. If finished with paint, etc., 81,-o00. It could bo iurniahed with vst, tank, presses, hoops, scales, etc., for 300, making in all 81,300 for rough building and $1,000 for tho finished ono. For 200 cows, the same air.ed . lujdiK wou, a,Wer. For vat and ! "S",B? '? f"rWtor ! Tt,;- :. r . tl built in this Stato this season. stock companies' are formed by tlj0se interested taking one or more ,bares, which may by 20 or 1100 each. committee is chosen by the share holders, who superintend the building of th factory, hiring of help, etc. A dairv of one hundred enu-a ean lin managed by a man of experience, with additional help, who could be hired at g2 to 8;! per day and board. For ?10 cows he would want an additional band, which might be a woman, mid . ! ' ... I ' "of, 1 ' "Tl :. .r. ' , . iiiu tiuv-nut'll II UllDII KBArjU i 111) w M"?! W 2"! hibui uver toe oiu wiy, ootn in ex- A BOYS LETTXS. Dear Si t : The horses is all got the epigramic very bad. Us boye bad so mucn lun the other day! .Little Frank's hobby-horse had gluerunnin' out OI niS nOBO, SO We KDOW OC OSd IT, nd- wa took- htmlirthe tatB-room and got some of ma's fine towels and rap. Cod his legs up in hot water, and timed sulphur matches under his throat, and singed liis inane off, and . the paint came off his lege, and the glue all come nnstuck, and Frank can't ride him any more. Wasn't it jolly t Then tho matohes put us' in mind of bavin' a Boston fire, so we coaxed Sister Sadie to give us her box of Swiss houses yon brought her from Urip,andset 'em np and touched 'em off, and let her rip. The town went like blazes, and we throwed some of sis's dolls in for dead bodies, and then saved the arms and legs for trofys. But you hot we got tetrad when the flames went to high, to we turned on the hose, and that fool Jim Blain let the water run 'all over the floor and down the kitchen onto the cook's head, and she thought the pipes had bnsted, and run for a man to fix 'em, so ma caught ns there, and the boys run home, but I got a thrathinV It didn't hurt much cause I had on thick clothes. Our Frank is in pants. He went in last Sunday. I've got a new girl. I don't like Jennie Bird any more, or I guess she don't like me any moro, - cause when I give her a handful of peanuts the throwed 'em in my face, and I expect Jim Blaia . told lies about mo. I d lick him only his father keeps a candy store, and I git all tho candy I want for nothin. Your affectionate brother, Charles. I'. S. Please bring me a Goat.. TO IQSSOUIU IDIT0E3. The high tariffs which .railroad companies impose npon tewng that have ho competing lines Are evils which ought to be remedieoT by the Legislature. If the press of Mis- souri would cair-npon weir itepre-tentativea to take the matter in hand, we believe the interior townt would be materially ben. fitted. As statters now stand, manufaotnren-aaanot at ford Ia locate in- nlacea havice bat one road, for the obvious re sob that the additional freight chained at each El aces gives city manuaactartrt a andtome margin over tho who at--tempt to carry on ootinc - la what it called country town. ' Ve e no reason why cities thonid have h ca advantage ovr way ataee- . use ijor pan oi in raiirer aawe Dreat soaak olt ia 1 ,- and err downtaawioja pert ar the gntf "-"f Mtsa. aad enseal ot every Joairsai it tka, ligwUt- ,. ayttem of raj"-hell in rnotaoe. aid let r i w aaa o .ataay rstaWM. ft :.7 S1 If i n

VOLUME XL-NUMBER 28. CANTON, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, JANUARY IS, 1S73. " WHOLE NUMBER 544. r 4 V f ; 'p Tb" Canton - Press, J. W. BARRETT & SON, DEMOCRATIO JOURNAL, DETOTBtOftaBUITBUSTWr . Some, Country and Humanity. tnacaimoHi Paa Taos, tl.eo, anvawca i ontaawisa, tl.OO. kAxxaovASTxazianro! fir Less, sr fact. Per Chm OM Weak........aO.l , I.M SO.QS nmwi,.u. o n lot - woe rr-se Month..... 0.7 (.00 80.00 .la llnlu. lit i.w 79.00 OhTw SOS - U.N 1M.0O CI" laaanaedlata space or time Ib proponlon or lAfleeiriiisjislaalUiaaboTe rates to take the imlllimm paper. CsaaatafeaaTaamra-mMewtas. aey tigalar aMttnn allowed quarterly skangoe LI 1 Owlee; r wUdii vondtii M oqomn wjir k oAastjaaVat tall adrertteiag MM'. frofu nonol Cortn. , R. S.THURMAN, Attorney at Law, V OAXTOH, MO. ATTORNEY AT I.AW "Ciurrow "- " "' mo, ' snthngraol eod oea sank, quick oolrto- s)om. Idnuoma good papr. U bum rami win promptness sort adU.y. OSes it Bank Buildiog, I Corner of 4th to Lews Sts SMITH, HAs remoTed hlsoffloe, to No. 19 Fourth street, opposite Uawklns 4 Durkee's store, with r. Miugroee, and la prepared to du all Work In the no ol hS profession In a workmaiil ke manner. Teeth InslrUKl on Gold IMnto, I'lutina, roiitlnu-au, Oum and SUver Plato. Tcoth utrartnl with-out sain. .- 8ilhtnti&-tr 6ottU. - Canton House, oraer et Fourth & LowlsStteeta - OAIfTN, no. . IT. B. NOSTHCRkFT, R-oprictor. aaUaoaoaunodatlona othe public - (Ja- ajnule subllng for horsos, aad yard for wag- aaw ana .m. MasilaitU DOWNS HOUSE Corner of 5th smrXewls streets, CANTOS, - - MlSSOimi W31. J) 0 ITlfS, Proprietor. I tJaa7-M . CT. JJSaWXS SOTZXi, ; KE-CrTOWAUrjTST8. JAOtAaJTs-Olr-IirOX,) Mn rLa tsar. i I . : I..- , . , (ttoT7t.fl WU. QUEER. UNDKllTAKERa CASTOH, MO.. Wlij TnunsFoMrr woax at short oo-'fni .,7Vi leawilBaliUraaTS A full aaaort-- -t of" k'71Ur oo "d aS-P" XJTALIC CAm k CASKETS Ut(l nil THE LOWEST! aaHsjat street betwaaa Stk aad 71k. aiui. . SS- v iUJAM ELLIS, 'Caw MASH, DOORS t( BUMS, fTJNW UO -BOOB faUMIS NEW sief libaral stuck on band for Ib da!y?S? as customers on satisfactory larms. Grocery 8torc. KLETT A BROTHER, "tTAT OPBNXD A FBESB STOCK OF UHOICX Xcully Groceries, ; ! Provisions, sfce., f lewis Sreet, tocond Door Abovo 3d, gj Blgkaet market pries for Country Prodoos. llaorsstf '-sJ-l- :. H. JOHNSON. oeoatrjso RaUiTm ,y -aWtaaaataadkesf aralalaad fancy -S Vj0ssa's.:7 eaal V- "J-'MVlrW W. SMITH, - I I v ajnwkud kk, D T U C S S VX MEDICINES, OILS, DYES, klLLta'S IVILDma, FOURTH 8TBEET, ABOVE LEWIS CYTOA', MO. A large Slack ol PURE DRUGS, PATENT JUT.Dh.NES, faM amd toilette goods. ' TOTS, HOTIOHS, Paints, Oils, Dysa Glass, Ac , : Coistanfly ok hand, and soldi . Low i'or Cash. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COM POUNDED. C. TlIWCBDEIf. lMpionr H A. OJtaFi: J. W.3. HtNTOB. GRAVES &HENTON NO. 15 FOURTH STREET, Canton Missouri, WUOLBSALI UTAILDIAl.au IN ST sa. -4 Jt'A-mJir-M- D r ce s , Patent Medicines, Djes, P.HJYTS, OILS, BOOKS, STATIONERY, Fancy oooda, CUTLEHX, Ait. j. a. cooasaY. w. it. dawson COOKSEY & DAWSON, PltOl'KlETOUS OF ' CITY LIVERY STABLE, North Sido of Lewis Strcot, Below 3d, ' llAVrMGnnhsnaalarira nlopk of (tnod llnraoj.. 1 1 Uuaglt'S, ao. , are iri-pureu lo uirm.ii mi n- unn , prompt cuiiveysnce toollparuoi the cuuury, a I reasonable rates. . Ample stabling ann yarn lor stock. t 5mar70tl TT rr Tf-" -s, i (Saoeessor to Death A Daniels.) GROCER AND PRODUCE DEALER okb door west of City Hall, Clark Strc -t, Canton, jl0 The highest CASH ft ATS. will be paid for UOUNTRY PRODUCE CANTON lflnrble Works, . Clark Street betweenFoorUi Filth, " MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, MAftTLKa, And all kinds of stone work for BaUdlncs aad Cam- etarlea, farnUked at abort notice. 1 aO my wn wora anu can ecu m iuw i Deelgne always oa aand for inspection . iimu70U- J. W. DILLON. Ramsey A Craft, (Succeaaora to Seboleld A Legg,) No.SS Clark Street, Caottin, Mo.. PBaLanaiw GROCERIES & PROVISIONS (FTBR w'lMtiont from ftenoioo ind fall itnok 9 ot lowest. livlDsT rmtct. onrl lytptetlallr iolicit o eontinoonM of oubHo potroaogo. UirUgWlel 8. H. PILCHER, Tailor and Draper, No. 87, Fourth Street, IIANTOIV - MISSOURI. BmarTOtr II. S. TURNER -Architect & Builder, MAM VF ACT UH E OF Sash, Door, BliadN, Scroll Work, AND WOODWORK Or ALL KINDS. afTILL farolih Plans and Bpceffloations, and T V tMintract for tfaa erection of BmlUliKra of all kind and of thu latent and mt ImproVfil ettylflei ol arohlttMtnr. Having a good sbuji, new will lurnlao prompt work at bort ooUca andrr. ooablBnvtco. AImo dealor ia METALLIC CASt,S&r.ASKETS wooDEScormts, corrvTBrnMraos sc. Ofthalateat improeemanta and kaapsafnllasawra-BnanteonstanUyon kand. Boeing direct Irom Ike antJauiaemror, i wiu iwem. hi n . Ckloag-. Ck. Shop on WkiU street aboea Siitb, Cantoa, MoTT-. - - Slsap7S-U jobv a. aiaaa. EAGON & BIGGS, PROVISIONS Xa. NVrth roartk Scraot, . CANTON, 3 i f.Sli 'HIt?SpXIBI. r.SVTr - -. T7n, J.PCIlsUlD.ACO., "T"1 . v.' Brae- ..... Ccizzi--i:aXItrcI:aa.t3 ;'';, ;. 7r Tenc ss. r-SHWT ,n seal, a aiaflkjMrafiawa i- , . liaaaaiayl WEAllY ! Wearyt weary! Oh, how weary T Keeking rest, but all in Tain. ' Weary I weary t Oh, hew weary, Arhtng heart anil limk proclaim. Weary of the faint endear or i Weary of the faltering will, Praying lot the llrenftk to conquer Every com tog daily 111. Weary of the wayward footsteps, Straying from the path of right t Weary of the blinded eyealgbt, Reaching not the Throne of Light. Weary of tho toll aad hardship. Portion of onr daily life . , Weary ot the oatward warring Mingling with tka inward strife. - Ok I ar fat, aad pear, and oomfort, Perfect troat la His pare lore t Oh ! for hope, and strength, aad ooarage, Mortal Ills to run abora t Period lore and perfect trait rome Only Co the meek of heart i Self-forgetting, bopeffd, trusting, 11a can heal sack Inward smart. Then, ok. weary not is striving, Faint of ksartaad weak of limb, For Uls love-light Is around ns, "and onr eyesight only dim TWO 8IDXa Tot re fa, a shady alilt of Ufa And a sunny side as wall, And 'tis for evsry one in say On wkiok ka'd ekoosa to dwell For arory one vnto klmaelf Commlta agrerloua aia, ' Who bare the blessed auaehlna oat, And enuts Iks snadows lo. - The aeawdo may wear their saddest rotos" Tka ana rvfasa to smile, And sorrow, with her troops of Ills, May Urea tea aa tka while i Bat still the ctwerml heart has power A stuboam loproelda t And only those who a souls ars dark ' Dwell ea Ufa's shady aide. ITIWYEAE'S BAY HT 1790. Waaliinton'B First Leveo. j A writer in the Now York Evening I Post who bss been delving among the ' forirotten thintrn nf tint itant I O 3 - I'"") " past, brought to light the incidents of Washington's first Presidential Now Year's reception, when he resiiled in New York. We multe ti.e following quotations : 'In thoso days, also, late hours were not necessary, mid niany of. .our fair inelropolitsn readers, who are in tho habit of dressing at 10 to enter a drawing-room nt 11, will doubtless be tried in vain to account. The night surprised to learn that Mrs. Washing- was clear and windless, and away in ton's loveos closed always at nine the northwestern sky the aurora bo-o'clock. realis was flitting to and fro in a thou Thio was a rule which that diatin- guishod lady established on the occa evening "of January ' 1st, 1790. The I President's residence was in the old r ranxnn nouse in tins city, at me neaa oi merry street, ine aay was uncommonly mild and pleusant. The moon was lull, and the air was so bland and serene that the ladies attended in their light summer dresses. Having been introduced by the nides and gentlemen in waiting, tea, coffee, plain and plum cakes were handed round. Familiar and friendly conversation onsuei., and kind inquiries on the part of Mrs. Washington after the families of the exiles, with whom she 4bBev- oluliooary War, and who always re ceivod marked attention from General Washington. Mrs. Washington stood by the aide of the General in receiving the respects of the visitors. Amid the social chit-chat of the evening the eloek struck nino. Mrs. Washington thereupon rose with dignity, and looking around the circle with a compla cent smile, observed, "Tho General always retires at nino, and I usually precede him." At this hint the ladies instantly rose, adjusted their dresses, made their salutations, and retired. General Washington had on that day been raited npon by the principal gentlemen of the oity, according lo the ancient New York custom of sooial and convivial New Tear's visiting. After having been severally introduced, and having paid the usual compliments of tho season, the citi-iens interchanged greetings and withdrew, highly gratified by the friendly notice of the President, to most of whom he was personally a stranger. In the. course of the evening, while speaking of the occurrence of the day, Mrs. Washington remarked: "Of all the incidents ol the day, none so pleased the General" by which title she always designated him "as the friendly greetings of the gentlemen who visited bim at noon. To the inquiry of the President whether it was casual or customary, he was answered that it was an annual custom derived from our Dutch forefathers, which bad ulwuyg been commemorated from tho earliest beginning of ! New Amsterdam. After a short pause he obsurved : "Tho highly favored situation of Xcw York will.' in tho nro- eess of years, attract numerous immi grants, who will gradually change its ancient customs and manners: but whatever changes take place, never forget the cordial, cheerful ohsnrvsnca of New Tear's Day.". - - Pathxtio. When the Warreuton Banner changed hands, last week, the editor, publisher and devil each issued a plaintive valedictory. ; We think the devil got rather the beat of it in the following brilliant account of his experience, which will be recognized by many other devils as similar to their own expeneooee : v v i The Dene AdttttDear friends, it ii wilb vanegated emotions that I make my first appearance in . print For the last month 1 have been 4"f competition "patleneeg irj" ' aa Job. 1 have packed - n ca, 1 eoal, -made Area, swept e ehewvele -d-band cucls of tobexv had my Ir'VarJ, and been kick., aad cam , J . i ell for the entertaio- t of to i.lic fr ten cent a fwaakk. - Otit to a new departure I tamta the oCe t i week, and bid joe djiu with ttr 4alel .To wnderstand tru .n. one witstHve it j THS THSQBAPITOT'3 5T0ET. " I " And von moat really go away, an J remain all night in that nasty old box of yours, anil leave your little ftose- . bud, a you call her, all alone here, to Imngino all sorts or horrid things I happening to her poor old hoy. Couldn't you stay at home Tor just i tins on nignt : - j j "Couldn't possibly doit, my love," said I, straggling into my great roat. jat.d possess ng myself at the same time ot my big driving-gloves, wbicb my little wife was absently trying to fit on her own little bands. "Not if I Tery much wished It, Willie J Do yon know I felt so strange and lonely last night when you were away that I could hardly make up my mind to go to bed at all; and to-night I ean scarcely bear the thought t ti: t you should be so long absent. , You know what a timid little foolish thing I am." ilVI ml IU IJUIUliy ilUlU (lUIIVA UIV .v. iu: r ;.k . wistful, anxious look, while a tP stood glistening in the corners of her v. sweet blue . yes. " Why, yon wee goose," said T, kissing away the bright token of her earnestness, " what has put such absurd, foolish thoughts into that wise noddle of yours f Are you afraid that the fairies will waylay me, and spirit me away to that eliln-land J But here comes the gig; so good-by, and don't fret tor the time 1 am away. 1 shal be back before you are done dream ing." So saying, I mounted the gig. and drove rapidly along the frozen road. At the time of which I write I telegraph superintendent on the Wilton and Lnnghank lineof the railway . One of the clerks who was on niglit j duty had been taken suddonly ill, and. j boing unable to find a suitable suhsti-' , tute, I bad taken his place myself until such time as be should recover. I had only been marred a few month', ' nd was by no means reconciled to he necessity of leaving my wife an I ... .) .. . . . '. old box," as Mag culled it and she was perfect in bor description. Bui I know that it was a necessity, and I know, likewise, that no grumbling of mine won hi mend the mutter. A drive of it hont eight miles brought me lo my post. 1 hero was nothing very extraordinary in the duty to win. If I ha, I h.tn .a ,irl mttf nr. l,oan all..,l . .,.... . ...... was it any new experience to me ' vague, indefinable fears, for which I .and atrsnce. fantastio shaDes! On cferTTwCom f had come to relieve wss ready to depart. " You won't have much work tonight, sir," said he. 'iTlie instruments aro quite unworkable; no signals hsve been received for the Inst three hours. Good night." When I was left alone, I found it was as he had said. Tho electric currents, which are developed in the atmosphere dnring the meteorological changes, had rendered the wires quite useless; and although the needles swayed backwards and forwards, they made no sign which the wisdom of man could interpret, seeing that my -ofBi chair to the stove, and, taking down a book which I saw on the shell, J tried to interest myself in "Jane Eyre." When I was turning listlessly over the leaves, the stillness was startled by the sharp, quick clanging of the eleotrio bell, the usual signal to prepare to write off a message. With a shiver of alarm I turned quickly to the instrument, but soon perceived that the bell had been rung by no earthly power, for the vibrating needles made no intelligible sign, and I knew that the sound had been produced by a current of atmospheric eloctrloity acting upon the wires. Smiling at the nervousness which caused me to start at so ordinary an occurrence, I turned from my desk, and again sat down by the fire. But smile as I would, and reason as I might, I felt that I was fast succumbing to vague fonndationless fears. Thinking that the atmosphere of the room, which I felt close and hot, might have aomething to do with my peculiar condition of mind, I flung open -the door, and stepped outside, in the hope that the cool air might scare away the phantoms of my brain As I closed the threshold, the midnight express crashed past with n speed and force thatehook every timber of the building, and uttering a load shriek, disappeared in the tnnncl at the end of the steep gradient, on tho summit of which my station was placed. When it had gone there was stillness broken if I can call it broken only by tho peculiar sighing of the air passing along tho wires, which is heard evon in tho calmest of eights. .Eolian harp-like sounds, now to faint as to be almost inaudible, and anon swelling into a wild, low wailing. I looked up and saw Orion and the Pleiades, and thought how often on nights, not long ago, when I bad gazed up through tho tall, sombre Sines and watched their trembling res. . From that my mind reverted to the earnestness with wnich my wife had asked me to romain at home that night, and the unusual pensiveness of her manner when she bade me goodbye - What conld be the meaning of all this T As a general rule, I bad a most profound disbelief in omens, presentiments, and all sorts of superstition; but In spite of it I felt that I would have given A good deal, athat time, to be transported just for on minute to my bom, to see if all was well. I might have culled' hp my a I'stant, who lodged in a farm boos 1 flu distant, ana gone boms; bat, oald give no gooa reason tor go-away, I resolved to remain where 'and get throrr-Vthe- fright as ' I could. ' r therefore Homed in-tgsio, filled my pipe and, lit it, ie weed had Ioit lis tranquilising --v. Aa the wreaths curled ilowlr H.I n niT. wt. looting at tiaUy at whet) I hkj Jft .her. Again the bell rang sharply; button before, no intelligible sitrn was made by tho needles. T leaned my elbows on tho desk, anil with my bead bo- saving oven my own life now was to tween my hands, watched thoir uti-igo forward. Despair gavo -mo ending motions. An hour might huvo strength ; and lifting my font, I struck passed thus, when once more I was! it violently against one of the lower startled by the clitng of tho bell. This panels of the door. It yielded a lit-time it was louder and more urgonl, . tlo. Another blow, and it was drivon and, it seemed to me, though perhaps ' in. I crept through the opening, but I mnv err hero. Willi a peculiar, tin- ao thick was tho smoko in the parlor earthly sound, such as I hud never that I could distinguish nothing, heard 'before. I am utterly unable to : Maggie, Maggie!" I shrieked; tell in what manner tho impression j " where are you?" But no answer was produced, but it secmod an if thore luingkd with tiio meullio ring llio tone of a human voice and it was tho oico of one I knew. . Tho needles, I now observed, began to make signs which I nndertood ; and slowly, ns if some novico was working tho inslrn- ment, the letters " u-o-m-e ' were sig. nnled. Nrrsoonerad fTeatrofflho- final "e" than, to my amazement and terror, I distinctly saw the handle of mv instrument, Hlthotigh-I WHS notT I ' , . e. . .( loiicning it at me tunc, move rannuy. , il' Kraspof by some invisible hand a,4 P"0 tl,e. "'f1 nl!r""",. I in mh th rnAivrni u mnMiiirn 1i'aii. mils at the end of every word. A cold thrill ran through me, and I felt as if every drop of blood was leaving my head. Could 1 have been the subject of an optical delusion '! I know that such was not the case, for I plainly heard tho quick click of ihe bundle 'as it turned ; and now could perceive that another word was being -f slowly spclr-onr: Bnnttrhpwnderci'l" and territteil was I, that 1 taiieit lo catch the signs; again my handle: moved, mill this time made the signal "Not understood." With an overwhelming feeling of awe. I watched the dials intenlly while the letters were again signaled, and this time I rend " ll-o-m-e." Then there was a cessation of all motion for a second or two, and onco moro tho needles resumed their incoherent vibrations. 1 stood petrified with fear nnd amazement, half oeliuving t lint I was in n dream, for reason refused to accept the evidence of sense. Could that be a message for me? Il so, whence eamo it? What baud hail sent it? Could it be that some power -highfr- than that ot- natnro thus warned me of impending danger? Should I obey tho mysterious summons? in. fi.. r ...... .i..im. : .1. ! IIIIU a HRI IIIIIS UL-lllll'lilUUi; III i " e r r , , . .v, ..u,... . ...... ,, ' nlOTO IOIIU, impCl'IOUS aild till i urn! al'rni. u ttkvu n ,if nrl, lin tun v, limn t . the magnets repented the words, "Come home come home I" tho handles moving ns belore. I could remain at my post no longer, (.'onto what might, I foil that 1 had no alternative but to obey. I ran to the houu wl.OVM (I. A !-- '" t -'"' IOhbI.. tho inmates and gaining admission, T told him that he must lake my place immediaioly, ns I had been suddenly called away. The man seemed somewhat surprised at my excited and startled manner, but what he said or did I cannot recollect. On entering tho stable where my horse was stalled 1 perceived n saddle hanging on the wall; ami knowing that 1 could get over the ground more swiftly riding 1 than driving, I put it on Ins back, and in a few moments was dashing along the road in tho direction of home. I , shall never forget that rido. Although I I urgod my horse with whip and voice ; iintiLhoJe.tyjiexJhan galloped, the i pace was far too slow for my excited ! mind. Woods and bridges, with their I went to bed, and when I did sleep, moonlit streams whimpling beneath I dreamed such a horrible dream ! them, farm-houses, with the deep I thought that I was in your oflice toned watch-dogs, were awakened by again ; and I had flod there because I the loud beat of hoofs, shut past me : was chased by some terrible thing. 1 like things in a dream; and at luM, 'did not knw'what it was, but it was breathless nnd panting, we clattered : close behind me, and i thought no-up the long causewayed street of the ; body could save me but you. Hiitybu village near which I lived. All wss i tvore not there ; so I so'i.ed the ban-dark and silent in the bouses, and the j'dlo, and signaled the words, ' Come windows seemed to stare blank and j homo come home!' asyou had taught vacantl' in tho whito moonlight, me, thinking that would be sure to Suddenly a horse and driver appeared bring yon. Then when you did not at the other end of tho street, nnd in i come, I fell its hot bioath on my nock, a hoarse voice uttorcd a loud cry : as if it was just going to clutch mo in "Fire!" At tho samo instant tho j its dreadful urms, and I scroamod so church bell wus rung violently, nnd at : loud that I awoko. The room wasall once, as if by a common impulse, the j dark, nnd. filled with smoko so thick whole village started into life. Lights ' that when 1 jumped up I fainted for appeared in tho houses, and a htiiidiod j want of air.' Anil O, Willie, if you window wcro dashed quickly up. I had not eomo just when yon did, I saw while figures standing at them, ! might" and heard voices e', " Where?."! "There, Maggie, don't let us think Checking my horse with a jerk, which ; of what might have boen, but rather threw him on his haunches, I listened : let us bo thankful that we are spared for tho reply. 1 to each other'atilK" " ,!! CraigsidoJIousc !" . Great Heaven ! My worst fears ; PAPA PEAYED SO. vera realised. It was mv own home. ! I choked down lho agony which al most forced a cry, nnd pressing on ward with redoubled speed, soon arrived nt tho scene of tho fire. The house was a large, old one, and when I reached it smoke wus issuing in thick murky volumes from tho windows of tho second flat, while fierce tongues of flamo wero loaping along the roof. A crowd of men were hurrying confusedly about with buckets and pails of water. In the center of a group of women I found our maid, Mary, stretched out on the gruss in a swoon. "My wifo!" I exclaimed, as I rushed forward, "whero ia she?" "God knows, sir," said one of the men j " we have twice tried to roach the second flat, but were each time driven back by the smoke and firo." Without uttering a word I entored the house and ran along tho lobby. The stair, fortunately, was built of stone, but the wood-work on each side was one man of biasing, crackling flame. Before I had taken three steps 1 fell back, blinded, fainting, andhalf-suffocated with the smoke. Two men who hod followed caught me io their arms and tried to restrain mo by force from endeavoring to ascend again. "Don't attempt it," they aaid ; " you will only lose your own -life, and can't save ber's. ' . "'Let go, yoq cowards I" I cried, as toon as I conld speak ; and, with the strength of madness, dashed them aside. I rusbed up the stairs, and this time. succeeded in reaching the first landing in safety. The room which we need as onr bed-chamber led off a smell parlor which was situated on thht flat; Groping ray way through the smoke, I found the idoer, but, to mynorror.TTwaeOceTft-I dashed myself against It again and again, but j it resisted nil my effort. Tu return a I had cunio wait now impossible, and I know tlmt tho only hope of ! yn retm pel. Crowing tho parlor, I gainod our bod-room door. To my iov it was onon. and strotcnen on me noor L lounu the npmmiy ineiewi lorrrt ot mv wile. 1 Dent over ner. and on placing my hand on her heart I fonnd that it was still beating. I ""' "v who. uv.ii, lifted her very tenderly and gen tly and earned her in my arms ,0 window which 1 broke opoii. Of wlmtlollmved lam only dimly con - 'VHtillki aetotHi f hsvo-a tu.ulusc.u remeni. niancooi men oringing n lanucr, uno strong anus helping us doivn. and the people cheering; but it wss all very vague and indisnnct. My ne-c troenl- lection is that ol linding myself in my intners nunae, no iniiini uuu nen but with my own wife bending over me, and tending me with loving hands. We had been burned txit of house .and homo. Furl titiutt'l v", everything wus insured ; but even lisd it not been so, I had been content as long ss she had been spared (o me. Withe- evening of the next day. when the .short winter twilight wna fast closing ro oid, nnd tho first snow flakes were falling, Maggie reivi little stool close to the conch on which I lav, thinkingoverlhostrnngeoventji which I have now relnted. I had said nothing to anybody about the warning which I hud no mysteriously received ; and when questioned as to what made me return so opportunely, hail always made some evasive answer, for I feared thai tho reality would never have obtained belief. " Willie," said the soft voice of my wife, if von hsd not come home" Hush, my darling. Hon't talk like thai, for I can't bear even to j -tbiiti -tif- ttr" " But it might havo been. And do you know, Willie, I ha I such a strange dream on that awtui night " A dream, Mag Tell mc what : You renieinlier,'' she said, drawing closer to me, " the evening voti took Mary and me into tho telegraph office tnd'told us all about the butteVies, ami magneis and e ec ricity, and a , great i ,,,.olll lho ol'the enters , rn r. .uild he UcVory tE m. lv. many things which we could,,! ,.-;,. . f7,owi1( Mis, VMM; f . he 10 f ZwZ-.lers.and at all, though we pretended ; wm. Hn,, lhe p1Moiial sincerity ol own milk, which is a great eivini o lo do so lest yon should think ns riu- i ,,,. ,,. .... ll;';1i,l w" "IV.?:"," ?"V " V oMr " I'orleetly." "And you remember, too, how, when I s'aid 1 should like to send a message with my own hands, you made me take hold of the handle, and lhe, 1 you guided it, whilo I sent u message to your brother liobert, who was in the" office at Lowestoft then ? And at tho end of it was 'como home coinc home! which 1 repealed over ami over again, until I could do it 1 nuito well without your heh I turned quickly round, but she wits gazing intently at tho fire, and did not percoivo the startled look I gavo hcr. " Well," the continued, " tho night before lust, when you wero a way. I could not sleep for a lonir time after I In 183 there lived in one of the bill towns of Westorn Massachusetts, then noted for the intelligence and piety of its inhabitants, a lovely Christian family. Tho mother being an invalid, a gentle girl of seventeen bo-came the guide and constant companion of a bright little sister of four summers. With almost a mother's fondness she took the darling to her own room, and night nftor night, as she Prepared hcr for bod, and knelt beside er whilo the liltlo one lisped her simple prayer, the eldor sister heard the words, "O Lord, don't stick us through with a knife!" At first she took no apparent notice of them, lost the little thing should bocome shy of speaking out her own words. Finding, how-over, that the little prattler always used the samo expression, the elder sister said : " Why does my pat pray so I" "Cause my papa does," was the prompt reply. " Why, no, darling; pnpu dooan't pray in that way." . , " Yes, he does, sister, I say he does." A morning or two after, at they were both kneeling by the tame chair, while tho father conduoted family worship, be aaid : " O Lord I cnt ua not off in Thine anger." Instantly thecurl-Ino- head was raited, and an arch glance ant up to the eldei sister's face, as in earnest tones tue nine one wnis-pered, "I .old -you papa prayed to." IT. Y.EvanqeiM. ... 'f i mm t . - A careless proof-reader made a Boston "paper say that Fall River had 1,206,928 spinsters, instead of spindles. 'All things are but filtered, tiothrrtg dies, .- . ' '. . ' LAXY PSHJTIES AND PmiSS EES. . In Prince street, in tho west end of, .As there aro doubtless many of our London, tuny he found a small bt j ,-nra reefer, interested in tbie' brand, noat bookstore, over the entrance to; ,. ... . , . which is a sign bearing the inscription, ! of 'rm "lmiry, we take from an ex-Tho Victoria Press," and beneath it, j change the following estimate of the "Emily I'uithfull, Printer and Pub. cost of a small oheeso factory, such as lisheri'n Ordinary to thoi;tieen." Tnis , farmer could erect nlono, or such a modest establishnicnt is merely the m, h, b c,ub,iiheiI b . iev4ral ,0. business oflice of a much larger one in , . . . . ' another part of tho oity, the history Reiner, forming a joint atock oompa-of whose origin is just now of special , ny the patrons furnishing the milk interest, to us, from the fact that the taking most of the stock : moving spirit to its creation is now in , - -Kor 100 cows, a building 00x20 feet. this .country, appearing occasionally ; on tho ,eClu.B pUtf0rm, but dovotirK h- ti.rtft mm nK In th nvml .ril nn , er tjm0 t Lf (j,0 r.e j getically i attion to which sh hi ner- , fA I It ffatfrtfllll At SlAriABa aleliea r Mili jthfuli is a lad y of 'high so. cjmI position in England, who 'might f(ui (1 hcr ,illvs j,, lba ,.. 1 dj .,.v occllnations ol women other class ; but her acquaintance with seina ,.. uli ....ii:,,,,, M); f , f.011lltl.,. ., kM Mi ,in,tuUI.v ..rsclical niim, , , ..merings of (rr sex , am (ho nlml.in , (.usse. in ,iei. competition with male lahor. 1'rovi-denee seems to have pointed her to her sphere, and guided her to the intercourse with kindred spirits; for she was a frequent visitor at the sessions of the Social Science Association, and, from the inspirations there obtained, , .Z ,. " j plovn.tv.t of women. Her oxiuiiinu. lion ot the census informed her that j , no less than forty-throo per cent, of, , the women of England, over twenty lyoars of nge, are either unmarried or ; widowed j nnd that half of the female ! population uro paid laborers of some kind. In tho meanwhile, her pen had 1 I boon busy in contributions to the hnghshvomini Juiirnal, anil sho had formed a personal acquaintance with Us editress, Miss i'ai kes. This led Emily Faithful! to the printing-office oces-ionauy ; and on happy visit,; I,.. ,1., I.I .,-,,..1- I,.,. ,1... ....... , , w.n k.. -f-i -,' - - Z I.tC' n 1 T ; I ' , - 'i" ' - ...... roinmunicntetl this idea to .Miss , manr cows must a factory number o l'arkes, who sympathized with bor; p.yv For an individual to build a and together they ohtainnd a small i roetory to work up' milk for others, at pre., supply of type, and other ncc-; $ per hundrod, which is the common essanes for an oflice, and. assisted by price of making and furnishing tl.o some gentlemen, started the Victoria oheeso all hoxod and ready for mar-., with female compositors, tstight Uet, ho would want 300 cows or more by a reliable workman. This was in I to mako it a paying business. As Hi'.O. After much trial nnd troublo, with an individual so with a stock ner sanction anil patronage; and thus ponse nnd quality of cheese. If the sho bectiuio publisher in ordinary to prico named above will not pay as the quean.- - j eood interest as is just to the stock- Some three yenrs afterward. Miss i holder, tho price of making should be I nithfull established the l'rWrimt.1-1 advanced. As the patrona are the icoic, with a view to afford women an owners of the factory, they can al-opportnnity for employment with the j ways fix a price that will do justice to pen, and an organ devoted to the true ! alf parties, interetts of working-women. It has ' had a very successful career, cniovs a ! . " I solid reputation, and has been lhe means of introducing to tho English public some or the most worthy ol the lady writers of England. Emily j i annum 111 jmiu uui nino intention 1 iu uie puiuicai piiuao 01 ine woman question; but has devoted all bar en- .juuBiii'ii , uui, una uoYoieu all u.r ell- ,ei'gies-to-the-Hnprovement of tlieir - social condition, by pointing out lie fields of labor whereby they may become independent of the world;" and nil her movements aro so lady-liko and sensible, that she has gained tho sympathy and co-operation of many of the first philanthropists of her na tive country, who feel that scores ol such nohlo women might find a lertil held for their labor of love. A warm sympathy has sprung np between Miss Kaithfnll and the Queen, who takes a fervent intorcst in any solid, practical movement for the amelioration of tho condition of hor sex. Miss Faithful! has gracefully recognised this atten tion of the Queen by the names of the Victoria Press and Magazine; and, on her arrival- in-New York, made her first appearance before an audience in tho iow World with tho British Queen as tho subject of her discourse, which was a boautiful tributo to the womanly worth of her royal benefactress. Miss Faithfull is said to be a vory plensant personage on the nlat- formy-whiob the- sometimes occupies in order to obtnin a public hearing mat may oe oi interest to nor cause. Her visit to this country ia so ontirele in tho aim of enlarging her experience of tho labor sphere of women, that ano win not. appoar mucn in puDlic; and, with a view of saving her time and strength, and using her pen in her cause, frequently declines the many social attentions proffered to hor by tho bost literary spirits of tho land ; as we learned, to our great regret, on being disappointed of meeting hor at a reunion of litorary workers and no- inuiuiiea 01 mis country, assemoiea us the spacious mansion of ," Timothy Titcomb," to present their greetings to MacDonald, Froude and herself uiaier iicpmtory,for January. Ciiokid Cattle. To relieve a choked ox or cow, give at once one-half pint melted bog's lard, and exercise the animal. It sickens the stomach, and the obstructions will pass immediately up or down, as the animal will cough nnd swallow at once, and thus get relief. Put the warm lard in a junk bottle and raise the animal's head it will run down easy. This is the surest and safest remedy known, and never fails if administered soon after the accident occurs. Since newspaper postage hat been reduced to one cent for every twe ounces or fractional part thereof, it it aaid that a great many papers which are placed m the office, never reach their . destination. Persona wrap up two or three paper, frequently wehrh ing four or eix ounces, attach a on cent stamp, and deposit tb package in the poet-ofBoe, and that it jaai as far at it ever get.- Vocle 8atn.agnw. to carry "twQ'ueoeew oi not four for one pent. - !COSTOPASHaLL cmisi MAOT. FACTORY. with 10 feet posts, making it two stories, would be required. Take 21 feet from the lower story for a "make room," leaving the remainder and the uppor story for "curing rooms." The upper story should be partitioned the same as the lower. The 26 foot room over the "make room" should be plastered and furnished with stoves suita- -t,e (oT cllr;., Mrv anj iut0 r,se The cost depends npon the price of lumber and labor, which differs in localities. A rough, substantial building, which will answer in overy respect in most localities would cost tl,-0i 10. If finished with paint, etc., 81,-o00. It could bo iurniahed with vst, tank, presses, hoops, scales, etc., for 300, making in all 81,300 for rough building and $1,000 for tho finished ono. For 200 cows, the same air.ed . lujdiK wou, a,Wer. For vat and ! "S",B? '? f"rWtor ! Tt,;- :. r . tl built in this Stato this season. stock companies' are formed by tlj0se interested taking one or more ,bares, which may by 20 or 1100 each. committee is chosen by the share holders, who superintend the building of th factory, hiring of help, etc. A dairv of one hundred enu-a ean lin managed by a man of experience, with additional help, who could be hired at g2 to 8;! per day and board. For ?10 cows he would want an additional band, which might be a woman, mid . ! ' ... I ' "of, 1 ' "Tl :. .r. ' , . iiiu tiuv-nut'll II UllDII KBArjU i 111) w M"?! W 2"! hibui uver toe oiu wiy, ootn in ex- A BOYS LETTXS. Dear Si t : The horses is all got the epigramic very bad. Us boye bad so mucn lun the other day! .Little Frank's hobby-horse had gluerunnin' out OI niS nOBO, SO We KDOW OC OSd IT, nd- wa took- htmlirthe tatB-room and got some of ma's fine towels and rap. Cod his legs up in hot water, and timed sulphur matches under his throat, and singed liis inane off, and . the paint came off his lege, and the glue all come nnstuck, and Frank can't ride him any more. Wasn't it jolly t Then tho matohes put us' in mind of bavin' a Boston fire, so we coaxed Sister Sadie to give us her box of Swiss houses yon brought her from Urip,andset 'em np and touched 'em off, and let her rip. The town went like blazes, and we throwed some of sis's dolls in for dead bodies, and then saved the arms and legs for trofys. But you hot we got tetrad when the flames went to high, to we turned on the hose, and that fool Jim Blain let the water run 'all over the floor and down the kitchen onto the cook's head, and she thought the pipes had bnsted, and run for a man to fix 'em, so ma caught ns there, and the boys run home, but I got a thrathinV It didn't hurt much cause I had on thick clothes. Our Frank is in pants. He went in last Sunday. I've got a new girl. I don't like Jennie Bird any more, or I guess she don't like me any moro, - cause when I give her a handful of peanuts the throwed 'em in my face, and I expect Jim Blaia . told lies about mo. I d lick him only his father keeps a candy store, and I git all tho candy I want for nothin. Your affectionate brother, Charles. I'. S. Please bring me a Goat.. TO IQSSOUIU IDIT0E3. The high tariffs which .railroad companies impose npon tewng that have ho competing lines Are evils which ought to be remedieoT by the Legislature. If the press of Mis- souri would cair-npon weir itepre-tentativea to take the matter in hand, we believe the interior townt would be materially ben. fitted. As statters now stand, manufaotnren-aaanot at ford Ia locate in- nlacea havice bat one road, for the obvious re sob that the additional freight chained at each El aces gives city manuaactartrt a andtome margin over tho who at--tempt to carry on ootinc - la what it called country town. ' Ve e no reason why cities thonid have h ca advantage ovr way ataee- . use ijor pan oi in raiirer aawe Dreat soaak olt ia 1 ,- and err downtaawioja pert ar the gntf "-"f Mtsa. aad enseal ot every Joairsai it tka, ligwUt- ,. ayttem of raj"-hell in rnotaoe. aid let r i w aaa o .ataay rstaWM. ft :.7 S1 If i n